Sunday, January 29, 2006
Hillary Joins the Filibuster Rear Guard
"History will show that Judge Alito's nomination is the tipping point against constitutionally-based freedoms and protections we cherish as individuals and as a nation."
Hillary Clinton, at a fundraiser in Seattle (h/t Roger Simon)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says that everyone knows that the Democrats don't have the forty votes needed to block the vote on Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. So why the empty gesture by Senator Clinton? Is she being mindful of her base so she can tell them she did everything she could to stop Alito. However, appealing to her base puts off the centrists, who may well be the majority of the people of the United States. I thought she was positioning herself to appeal to the center, like her old man did so well.
I can't see the political advantage of making such a statement or joining a cause lost from the beginning. This is even more the case when other Senators, including fellow New Yorker Charles Schumer, say a filibuster will backfire and hurt the Democrats' chances in November. Of course Hillary Clinton is so much smarter than I am that I'm sure it is to her advantage to do this. Does she do anything that is not to her political advantage?
Hillary Clinton, at a fundraiser in Seattle (h/t Roger Simon)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says that everyone knows that the Democrats don't have the forty votes needed to block the vote on Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. So why the empty gesture by Senator Clinton? Is she being mindful of her base so she can tell them she did everything she could to stop Alito. However, appealing to her base puts off the centrists, who may well be the majority of the people of the United States. I thought she was positioning herself to appeal to the center, like her old man did so well.
I can't see the political advantage of making such a statement or joining a cause lost from the beginning. This is even more the case when other Senators, including fellow New Yorker Charles Schumer, say a filibuster will backfire and hurt the Democrats' chances in November. Of course Hillary Clinton is so much smarter than I am that I'm sure it is to her advantage to do this. Does she do anything that is not to her political advantage?
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:47 AM 
